As bloggers in today’s world of social media, we are ultimately trying to engage our online community in a dialogue about the issues we raise. That dialogue doesn’t have to be secluded in the comments section of outfrontblog. Blogger-to-blogger dialogue opens the opportunity to expand the discussion to multiple blog sites. Such as the case with Ben’s post earlier this week delving into the endorsement deals – or lack thereof – for 2008 Olympic champions, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps and openly gay Australian diver Matthew Mitcham.
As the lead story on its homepage, Outsports.com’s Jim Buzinzki takes on Ben’s post position with a point-counterpoint on whether homophobia plays a role in Mitcham’s lack of endorsements despite his notable distinction of being the only non-Chinese gold medalist in diving at the most recent Olympics.
You can read the OutSports piece “Is Homophobia Costing Mitcham” here. We encourage you to engage in the dialogue on this issue and check back frequently for new comments from readers.
Being discussed on the leading gay and lesbian sports Web site in the world, the dialogue is drawing a fair amount of comments from readers. Among the commenters this morning is author Patricia Nell Warren, whose 1974 novel The Front Runner was a pioneer work of literature and remains an icon in gay and lesbian literature today.
And we're happy to announce that Ms. Warren has agreed to participate in an upcoming Q&A with us on the blog. In the meantime, if you'd like to know more about her, check out her posts on The Bilerico Project.
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